Hayes Valley

So if you wanna stay somewhere sunny all the time, maybe you don't wanna be in the Presidio or Richmond or Marina.

Maybe you wanna be more like Hayes Valley.

Maybe you wanna be more Mission District, stuff like that.

That's so interesting because in all of, like, my research I've ever done for San Francisco, I've been twice, and I've done day trips, I've never heard anyone talk about the microclimates.

The first stop I made was to Blue Bottle Coffee, which was one unit.

It was in a little garage in Hayes Valley, and it was one of the best cups of espresso that I had ever had in the United States.

Gramercy Tavern became the first restaurant in New York, or the first time Blue Bottle ever came to New York.

We convinced them to, to ship it in and help train our, our baristas.

Now, one thing that makes the Bay Area job market very unique right now is the AI boom.

because we're not just a tech region anymore we're the epicenter of it all and that's pulling energy and people into the city right along with it from all over the world san francisco is where a huge chunk of that ai activity actually lives day to day because ai tenants alone have been hunting for something like 9 million square foot of office space in the city and ai companies have signed upwards of 85 leases there this year so if you want the nightlife the daylight the weekend life and the work life all wrapped into one walkable footprint San Francisco is a clear answer, and there's so many different regions for people to choose from, whether it's Soma, if you want something closer to work, Mission Bay, something newer, Hayes Valley, the marina, a little bit further from work, but more of a suburb and more residential area.

There's so many good places to choose from.

Now, if you don't want all that energy and noise and you want a little bit of breathing room, then those people consider those areas that I mentioned outwards.

Yeah.

Regardless, because I remember what it was like being in my one bedroom apartment in Hayes Valley and, you know, being sick and being scared to go out and getting people contaminating, but like not having outdoor space and not being able to step outside for a second.

Yeah.

So it changed a lot, not just with people who are unhoused and people who had wealth.

for sale now and the ones that are for sale are even nuttier when you look at the prices.

There was just one in Hayes Valley the other day that was listed at $3 million and it went for $6 million.

And I've even heard of wealthy people in the rental market offering like a year's rent up front.

It's just really making it that much tougher for everybody else.

And part of that is construction costs.

And so, yeah, the first projects that are going forward, one at the old car wash at Divisadero and Oak, which is a neighborhood that the AI people love, NOPA, Hayes Valley, Lower Hague.

Access to the

park for

It's the Italian neighborhood, the North Beach of the area.

But now, on the south side, I feel that I'm getting a little Pac Heights, maybe a Marina vibe, maybe a Hayes Valley vibe here in Melbourne.

Now, maybe the general health of this 49ers team was why Dre Greenlaw was in such a jovial mood.

Later on, Dre Greenlaw finished with an absolute mic drop.